Dallas Blog covers a story in a way that has Tom Pauken's fingerprints all over it, although it's unattributed. The headline, repeated above, is a clue. Alternative headline: "LOCAL OFFICIALS IN TARRANT COUNTY SUPPORT RAIL". The story could have explained how rail can help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil controlled by Islamofascists. The story could have explained how the Tarrant County officials' actions could increase the chances of Western civilization surviving. That, too, would suit Mr Pauken's political axe-grinding. But the story focuses on Mr Pauken's tired old anti-government spin, crafted to suit his current crusade for cutting local property taxes by handicapping local government. Spin, either way, but this time Mr Pauken's reflexive dislike of taxes wins out.
As for the taxpayers, they had their say when they elected their representatives. If they don't care for light rail and the energy independence it enables, they can elect different representatives. That the representatives don't toe the line advocated by Dallas Blog is not reason to strip local government of power.
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